diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 8b9f126..462979d 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -28,4 +28,3 @@ with the repo to generate these mocks. [mockery](https://github.com/vektra/mocke
     - the `--name` and `--dir` indicate where the 'source' interface is to be mocked
 
 <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />This work is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License</a>.
-s
diff --git a/core/endorser/endorser.go b/core/endorser/endorser.go
index 40f9ee5..6f85379 100644
--- a/core/endorser/endorser.go
+++ b/core/endorser/endorser.go
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ func (e *Endorser) ProcessProposal(ctx context.Context, signedProp *pb.SignedPro
 	}
 
 	// DRUNIX : do not install chaincode on committing-peer unless set explicitly using `CORE_PEER_INSTALLCCALLOWED=true`
-	isInstallCC := string(up.Input.Args[0]) == "InstallChaincode"
+	isInstallCC := len(up.Input.Args) > 0 && string(up.Input.Args[0]) == "InstallChaincode"
 	if isInstallCC && !viper.GetBool("peer.litepeer.enabled") && !viper.GetBool("peer.installccallowed") {
 		err := fmt.Errorf("Cannot install chaincode on committing-peer")
 		endorserLogger.Warn(err.Error())
diff --git a/core/transientstore/keyvaluestore.go b/core/transientstore/keyvaluestore.go
index 10a29db..4142ad8 100644
--- a/core/transientstore/keyvaluestore.go
+++ b/core/transientstore/keyvaluestore.go
@@ -350,10 +350,8 @@ func (s *KVStore) PrivateDataHGetAllBatch(keys map[string]string) (map[string]ma
 		cmds[idx] = pipe.HGetAll(ctx, idx)
 	}
 	_, err := pipe.Exec(ctx)
-	if err != nil && err == redis.Nil {
-		logger.Errorf("error in retreiving PrivateDataHGetAllBatch value bytes : %+v", err)
-	} else if err != nil {
-		logger.Errorf("error executing PrivateDataHGetAllBatch pipeline :%v", err)
+	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, redis.Nil) {
+		logger.Errorf("error executing PrivateDataHGetAllBatch pipeline: %v", err)
 		return nil, err
 	}